Culinary
Meaning
Relating to cooking or the art of preparing food
Pronunciation
UK ˈkʌlɪnəri
US ˈkʌlɪneri
Example Sentences
- Rice, in a rare piece of culinary luck, actually prefers being a day old before it meets a hot wok.
- Comfort food is one of the few culinary categories defined not by ingredients but by biography.
- None of this requires a culinary degree, only the nerve to season boldly and let your pan get genuinely, alarmingly hot.
Learn Culinary in Context
How to Build a Week of Meals From LeftoversThe saddest thing in most refrigerators is not mould; It is half a roast chicken that nobody has the imagination to rescue. Cooking from leftovers is less about thrift than about strategy, and the str...Read story 
Why Comfort Food Differs Sharply Between CulturesAsk a hundred people what they eat when the world feels heavy, and you will get a hundred answers that rarely overlap. Comfort food is one of the few culinary categories defined not by ingredients but...Read story 
Why Restaurant Vegetables Taste Better Than YoursThat plate of charred broccoli you ordered last week cost eleven dollars, and you have quietly resented your own kitchen ever since. The gap is real, but it has almost nothing to do with talent. Resta...Read story
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